Quotes About Fulfillment

She probably had all the time in the world, Therese thought, probably did nothing all day but what she felt like doing.

My story can move fast, as I can't, it can have a reasonable and perhaps perfect solution, as mine can't. A solution that is somehow satisfying, as my personal solution never can be.

The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length of time it takes to write a book, the publisher and the readers can and will come later.

You've been spending money again, Lily murmured as she felt Cade's arms tighten around her. I spent a lifetime saving that money until I had someone to spend it on. I think I've found what I was looking for. Lily

A hen has to lay eggs, a cow has to give milk, and a canary has to sing. But a dog makes his living by giving you nothing but love.

The one major factor that motivated people was the work itself. If the work was exciting and interesting, the worker looked forward to doing it and was motivated to do a good job.

Happiness is not mostly pleasure; it is mostly victory.

Schopenhauer: "Raramente pensamos en lo que tenemos, sino siempre en lo que nos falta".

This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.2

told her how happy I was with her choices. It

today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

If the work was exciting and interesting, the worker looked forward to doing it and was motivated to do a good job. That is what every successful person loves: the game. The chance for self-expression.

Se alguém avança de maneira confiante na direção de seus sonhos e se empenha em viver a vida que imaginou, encontrará nas horas comuns um sucesso inesperado.

Pois a vida é curta demais para ser pequena.

We can't all be captains; we've got to be crew. There's something for all of us here. There's big work to do and there's lesser to do and the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail, if you can't be the sun, be a star; it isn't by the size that you win or you fail, be the best of whatever you are!

Without purpose, the days would have ended, as such days always end, in disintegration.

Sigmund Freud dizia que tudo o que fazemos é provocado por duas causas: o impulso sexual e o desejo de ser grande.

To show you I'm sure that you'll never do this again, I want you to service my F-51 tomorrow.

But there is one longing—almost as deep, almost as imperious, as the desire for food or sleep—which is seldom gratified. It is what Freud calls 'the desire to be great.' It is what Dewey calls the 'desire to be important.

the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses powers of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.

El secreto de ser desdichado estriba en tener ocios para pensar si se es feliz o no".

Let's remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude, but to give for the joy of giving.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Logan Pearsall Smith packed a lot of wisdom into a few words when he said: "There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.